Bowie

Abraham Boey came from Sterlingshire, Scotland, to Charles County, Md., about 1700. His son John had six sons, including Rhodi, who married Ann Price. Rhodi's six children moved to Abbeville County, S.C., about 1802-1815, and four are buried in Old Bowie Burial Ground one-half mile north. Eli Bowie, Rhodi's oldest son, came to S.C. about 1802, married Katherine Franklin, founded Gilgal Methodist Church, and had many descendants. Catherine, a spinster, was the first burial in Old Bowie Burial Ground. Richard Price, a Presbyterian who had children by Catherine Hodges, moved to Miss. about 1850; a child by his second wife, Jane Milford, married Eli's grandson, and he had many offspring. Hezekiah, also Presbyterian, left a widow, Lucinda Simms, and eight children who moved to Miss. in 1850 and formed a large subclan. Nancy's and Frances' gravesites are unknown, and the end markers are for later generations.

South Carolina · United States